Shawn Zhang
Can I use wanna gonna and gotta in past tense or other tenses? wanna= want to gonna= going to gotta = have got to Is that correct? I want to go to school. I wanna go to school. He wanted to to to school. Can I say he wanna go to school? I am a little confused about the tense where these three phrases can be used.
2015년 11월 10일 오후 11:35
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"Wanna", "gonna" and "gotta" (and their sloppy friends) only exist because that's what they sound like - more or less - in slurred or fast speech. They are not real words and they don't function as verbs. For past tense, you still need to conjugate the actual verb (want - wanted; is going to - was going to; get - got). "He wanna" is completely wrong, even in casual speech. You would say something closer to "wansta" (ie. wants to) or "wanidta" (wanted to). Again, remember that there aren't real words. The truth is, when we native English speakers write and speak, we use standard English (want to, going to, have got to). Even if we slur words, we will always repeat the sentence clearly if the other person didn't hear us the first time.
2015년 11월 11일
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No you should not use "wanna- gotta-gonna" they are not words or contractions of words. You must always use : present tense, past tense: want to , wanted to get to , got to going to , was going to
2015년 11월 11일
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No, you cannot use these in the past tense because, as you pointed out, they refer to actions performed in the present. It is also important to remember that these words are not actually used in formal writing and so it is not always best to use them unless, of course, you're using them in an informal context.
2015년 11월 11일
Thank you Nathan. Have a good evening.
2016년 1월 7일
Everyone else has already left some fantastic, helpful comments for you; however, one thing I'd like to note is that 'going to' and 'gonna' implies actions that will take place in the future rather than what's occurring presently.
2016년 1월 6일
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